"YUVA on Climate Change" conclave held

IMPHAL, Jan 30
US Consulate General, Kolkata in collaboration with Prodigal's Home, Dimapur Nagaland partnered with BRIDGE, Bhutan Ecological Society (BES), Bangladesh Youth Environment Initiative (BYEI) and PlaceMaking Foundation, Manipur hosted a conclave as the final event under a project titled "YUVA (Young Unheard Voices for Action) on Climate Change".
The event was held at USA Pavilion, International Kolkata Book Fair, Karunamoyee, Salt Lake, Kolkata today from 2 pm to 5:30 pm, as per a press brief.
Juan Clar, Deputy Director American Center in Kolkata, Imliben Lemtur Project Director Yuva and Prithviraj Nath, Director, Bridge Mentor Urmi Buragohain and Founding Director at PlaceMaking Foundation, Manipur were present at the event.
Selected youth from India, Bangladesh and Bhutan pitched their ideas on climate action to a panel of jury-mentors comprising of experts, climate activists, development partners, and private sector entities.
The aim of the conclave is to help them connect with other like-minded youth for coalition building, get support and further mentorship opportunities for their ideas, to ultimately lead to concrete on-grounds implementation and scaling-up of these climate action ideas.